With five weeks gone of the EFL season, Final Score pundit and former Swindon, Luton Town and Northampton Town striker Sam Parkin selects his takeaways from the Championship, League One and League Two. West Ham are really hitting their stride and have surged to the top of the Championship after winning their last four matches, including walloping Wrexham 6-0 on Friday. Parkin: "They've scored 20 goals in just seven games and their attacking players are coming to the fore.
"In the early part of the season, they probably had a few defensive issues and their forward players papered over the cracks to a certain degree, but on Friday night it all came together. "Jarrod Bowen said after the game how important it was to get the transfer window closed so you know exactly who's going to be there. "Ultimately when you can get Manor Solomon, Jarrod Bowen, Valentin Castellanos and Joel Piroe in the same Championship side, they're going to cause havoc.
"Those were the ingredients on Friday night. Wrexham were bad, but I don't think we should get too carried away by Wrexham's performance when you consider the embarrassment of riches that West Ham have got. "It's looking pretty ominous already for the rest of the Championship when you consider the amount of goals they've scored across the last four games." Vitor Matos' Swansea City remain second behind West Ham on goal difference after beating Burnley 3-1 on Saturday, a fourth win this season.
Parkin: "Swansea have made an amazing start to the season. It's important to have both centre-forwards scoring and both Zan Vipotnik and Adam Idah scored against Burnley. "They've got strength in depth there.
They've made some really interesting signings from different leagues, which you always expect from Swansea, going back over the years. "I mentioned Stephen Welsh on Final Score and the centre-half was an interesting buy from Celtic. He's really hit the ground running and I think their main strength is their defending, which maybe is not something you always associate with Swansea.
"But four clean sheets already this season shows you that they've got the balance right between defence and attack. "Can they make a fist at getting automatically promoted? I doubt it, but with the extension to the play-offs, they can fight and win a place in the top eight.
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